'閹人歌手' castrato

'閹人歌手'  castrato

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato

A castrato (Italian, plural: castrati) is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty, or it occurs in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.

castrato (kæˈstrɑːtəʊ) n, pl -ti (-tɪ) or -tos (Classical Music) (in 17th- and 18th-century opera) a male singer whose testicles were removed before puberty, allowing the retention of a soprano or alto voice

The voice of the castrato

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(97)10198-2/fulltext?version=printerFriendly

Castrato: History & Singers

http://study.com/academy/lesson/castrato-history-singers.html

https://global.britannica.com/art/castrato

What Did it Mean To Be a Castrato?

https://io9.gizmodo.com/what-did-it-mean-to-be-a-castrato-1732742399

WHY CASTRATI MADE BETTER LOVERS

http://thesmartset.com/article0806070116/

'FARINELLI' (complete, english subtitles ) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmCPiGeHCM

Farinelli-Ricardo Broschi-Vivica Genaux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Dgdqz0Kl0&list=RDw5Dgdqz0Kl0#t=42

Castrati had more fun than you might think. Samantha Ellis meets a singer who wishes he'd had the chop

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/aug/05/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures

Moreschi - Last Castrato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQo2PNnwOww&list=RDlQo2PNnwOww#t=27

   介紹＂胡文閣＂，為著名京劇表演藝術家＂梅葆玖＂先生，唯一的男旦弟子。是近半世紀以來，梅派的唯一男旦傳人。表演名劇＂貴妃醉酒＂及＂梨花頌＂中的楊貴妃，並講解有關＂水䄂＂的知識，令人驚豔

                

金声玉振 胡文阁—国色天香的男人
http://youtu.be/AGhTov0BNS4

水袖功

https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E6%B0%B4%E8%A2%96%E5%8A%9F

看到這類 "反串" (https://goo.gl/yLddaN

) 的此景, 有點非典型的想法;

古時, 臭男人只是為滿足雄性的扭曲意淫, 逼迫女人自小起纏足, 那可是慘絕人寰的酷刑; 而十七世紀的歐洲皇室及富豪, 更殘忍將十二,三歲小男孩加以宮刑,

只為他們保持童音, 而不變声, 這些歌唱者'閹人歌手' 

(Castrato https://goo.gl/pDl1oy

; https://goo.gl/Q4OA1M

) 可唱出近乎 mezzo-soprano 的音域; 曾有一部電影講當時這類 '閹人歌手' FARINELLI (FARINELLI, IL CASTRATO)的電影 (https://goo.gl/HmwwF0

; https://goo.gl/UsVnFk

) (https://goo.gl/V6aq6R

), 這部電影背景實唱者, 乃現代花腔女高音姣姣者

Cecilia Bartoli (https://goo.gl/5xbOkh

; https://goo.gl/2V0EuE

); 

要聽男生唱旦, 倒不如去聽女生唱老生, 那個音域, 臭男生可是只能仰望其背, 望塵莫及的; 像這幾齣 

京剧《四郎探母》选段 一见娇儿泪满腮 袁慧琴

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOVCJITwh44&list=PL40C9F12855B40EAB

京剧【武家坡\赤桑镇\大登殿】

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKUX0cOjFw

孫鑽麗 何瑞流 赤桑鎮

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUeRGvXmR7I

锁麟囊 张火丁

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP2jnDLatus&list=RDBP2jnDLatus

Enjoy!